Real Madrid Is Top Seed For 2017/18 Champions League

The other seven teams seeded in Pot 1 are the champions of the top seven UEFA national associations. But since Real Madrid won both the Champions League and the Spanish Liga, the La Liga spot is taken by the champions of the eighth-ranked association, which is Shakhtar Donetsk.

The remaining three pots will be formed as per the UEFA club coefficient rankings at the end of 2016/17.

Pot 1 for 2017/18 group stage draw

Holders: Real Madrid

Germany: Bayern München

England: Chelsea

Italy: Juventus

Portugal: Benfica

France: Monaco

Russia: Sparta Moscow

Ukraine: Shakhtar Donetsk

Currently these are the clubs who will be seeded in Pot 2 for the draw. This list is subject to change depending on who comes through the qualifying stages with Napoli potentially pushing Spurs into Pot 3.

Pot 1 for 2017/18 group stage draw

Barcelona (ESP) 151.999

Atlético Madrid (ESP) 142.999

Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) 126.333

Borussia Dortmund (GER) 124.899

Manchester City (ENG) 100.192

Porto (POR) 98.866

Manchester United* (ENG) 95.192

Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) 77.192

Pot 3 for 2017/18 group stage draw

Basel (SUI) 74.415

Anderlecht (BEL) 58.840

Roma (ITA) 53.666

Beşiktaş (TUR) 45.840

Feyenoord (NED) 23.212

RB Leipzig (GER) 15.899

At the moment the weakest two Pot 1 teams are Sparta Moscow and Shakhtar Donetsk, but none of the second seeds will be looking forward to those long away trips.